Ex-NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith calls out ‘isolated and dismissive’ Aaron Rodgers in new book

DeMaurice Smith had a lot on his plate as the head of the NFL Players Association from 2009-23, and Aaron Rodgers didn’t make Smith’s job any easier.

Rodgers was public in his disapproval of the 2020 collective bargaining agreement, voting against the agreement with dissent for the 17-game season.

“The god of Cheesehead Nation was isolated and dismissive,” Smith described Rodgers in his upcoming book, “Turf Wars,” per Awful Announcing.

“He sat in the back row of the meeting room, issuing loud sighs before standing for a dramatic exit,” Smith added. “An incredible quarterback, to be sure, but an even more impressive antagonist.”

It’s not the most surprising revelation, as Rodgers isn’t necessarily a player who hides in the shadows — unless he’s on a darkness retreat — or holds back his thoughts.

And it’s not even the only time in the last month that the 41-year-old quarterback’s character has been put in question, as former professional racer Danica Patrick, Rodgers’ ex-girlfriend, called him “emotionally abusive” and said the relationship with him “wore me down to nothing.”